Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 103, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 September 1901 — Page 2

WEEKLY REPUBLICAN. QEO. B. MARSHALL, Publisher. RENSSELAER, - • INDIANA.

LOVER SEEKS DEATH.

A YOUNG PORTO RICAN KILLS HIMSELF IN NEW YORK. Would Rather Die than Bear Lone Separation from Hia Sweetheart Dun & Co. Report Condition of Trade aa Generally Satisfactory. Felix Seralles, a young Porto Rican, ■who has been attending school in this country for several years and whose father was one of the richest sugar-plan ters of Porto Rico and prominently identified with the government of the island until the.y?nd of the Spanish regime, committed suicide at Hotel Munro, 110 W est Fourteenth street, New York. The young man had left the summer home of his mother at Buena Vista cottage, Bath Beach, the day before to go to Wesleyan College. He was accompanied by a cousin, Marcel Seralles. Three letters were found on a table in his room, all of them sealed. One was to his cousin Marcel, who was asleep in the next room. A second was to Miss H. E. Relma, Buena Vista cottage, Bath Beach, and the third to Miss S. Odell, Tarrytown. It was said that the young man was desperately in love, with a young woman in Tarrytown, presumably Miss Odell, to whom the letter was written, and that he was disconsolate over the prospect of a long absence from her at college. WEEK’S RECORD FADES BEHIND. Holiday Cut* l own Production—Commercial Failure* for Außtiat. R. G. Dun & Co.’s review of trade says: “A holiday reduced the volume of legitimate business, while speculative operations were seriously curtailed by the general closing of exchanges from Friday afternoon to Tuesday morning. In the movement of merchandise and in many pianufacturing lines there has been effort to make up the loss by working overtime, but the week’s record will fall behind those immediately preceding. Actual sales of many iron and steel products are recorded at material advances and the tone throughout is hardened by vigorous demand. Placing of sample orders for spring footwear is of such character as to indicate a healthy market and some jobbers are so anxious for early delivery that contracts are being closed now. Despite more activity in the market for cotton goods and placing of government contracts the staple shows no great strength. Although unsettled in tone little alteration occurred in the principal cereals. Trading was restricted and there was an apparent disinclination to assume an aggressive stand on either side of the market Commercial failures during the month of August were 803 in number and $9,458,866 in amount of liabilities. Compared with the same month lait year the statement is most unsatisfactory, as failures were then only 735 in number and $7,323,903 in amount.” PROGRESS OF THE RACE. Standing: of League Clubs in Contest for the Pennant. Following is the standing of the clubs in the National League: W. L. W. L. Pittsburg ...70 42Boston 57 00 Philadelphia 69 47Cincinnati ...44 66 Brooklyn ...67 51 Chicago '.....48 73 St. L0ui5....62 54 New Y0rk...44 69 Standings in the American League are as fdiotvs: W. L. W. L. Chicago ....73 46Baltimore ...58 57 Boston 67 50Washington. 53 03 Detroit 64 55 Cleveland ...50 66 Philadelphia 61 56 Milwaukee . .44 76 Sign Pact in Pekin. Assurances of peace with the world were given by the Chinese government at Pekin Saturday when the protocol agreed upon by the Emperor's advisers and the ministers of the powers was formally signed by representatives of all the parties concerned. Two Killed l>y a Train. Henry Peltier and his wife, farmers, living just outside of Windsor, Out., were struck by a fast Michigan Central train while driving into that city and instantly killed. Their carriage was ground to pieces. * postoffice Robbed of $1,500. Thieves broke into the postofllce at Lansdowne, Pa., dynamited the safe and escaped with stamps valued at $.1,500, leaving untouched $6,000 worth which they overlooked. Not a clew on which the police can work wiTS| left behind. Wounded W'hlle Hunting. At Cass Lake, 51 inn., W. J. Murphy, proprietor of the Minneapolis Tribune, was dangerously injured by the premature explosion of his gun while hunting. The charge of shot entered his side under the right arm. Gale Costs $200,000. Two hundred thousand dollars lost in lake ships stranded in the gale and fiftysix lives barely rescued by life-saving crews is the record on lower Lake Michigan and Lake Huron for Saturday night and Sunday. Heavy Fire Loss in Denver. In Denver, Colo., fire destroyed the buildings at 1825 to 1837 Market street. They were occupied by the HnmphreyJones Mercantile Company, wholesale paints, and the Sauer Manufacturing Company, confectioners. Loss SIOO,OOO. J- - f Robbed of $20,000 in Bill-. Five package* of SIOO bills, amounting to $29,000, were stolen from a trunk in a cottage at Long Beach, a seaside resort twenty miles from Los Angeles, Cal, The money was the property of John Ketnpley, who came to Long Beach from Fort Dodge, lowa, about five mouths ago. Pitcher Fell- Deed in Game. Lakin Herron, pitcher for the baseball dub of Arkansas City, Kan., fell dead while playing against the Joplin team. Physicians declare excitement and overexertion brought heart failure.

FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF THE EARTH

ALABAMA HAS A NEW CODE. Constitution Adopted by Big Majority — Negro Vote Small. By a vote of 132 to 12 the new constitution was adopted in the constitutional convention at Montgomery, Ala. Frank S. White Of Jefferson was the only Democrat who voted against it. The new constitution makes radical changes from the old in nearly every article, and two distinct suffrage schemes are provided, disqualification for crime and voluntary prepayment of a poll tax of $1.50 being common to both prior to Jan. 1, 1903. All can register who have honorably served in some war, who are descended from soldiers who have so served or who have "good character” and understand the duties and obligations of citizenship. At present there are about 75,000 negro voters in Alabama who can read and write. The poll tax is purely voluntary and must be paid by Feb. 1 preceding the election in November. It is estimated that the disqualification for crime, failure to pay poll tax and neglect to register so far in advance of election will reduce the whole body of negro voters to fewer than 30,000. SAYS APPENDIX HAS FUNCTION. Denver Surgeon Attacks Theory of the Uselessness of the Member. Dr. E. P. Hershey, known as the leading surgeon of Denver, stirred up the Interstate Medical Association with the positive statement that the vermiform appendix has a function to perform in spite of the reiterated statements of the world’s wisest medical men that it is without use and may be removed with Impunity. Dr. Hershey advanced the theory that the appendix has a secretory function, serving as a lubricant to the greatf'fcitestmes, and that any interference with the organ brings about ether forms of sickness and a multitude of disorders, including fatal constipation. These statements led to many passionate criticisms, the speakers all protesting against allowing such heterodox theories to go forth as the indorsed sentiment of the meeting. Finally by resolution Dr. Hershey was instructed to conduct experiments, retain notes of his observations and report results g year hence. SEIZES SMUGGLED JEWELS. Treasury Agent Secures Possession of Valuable Diamonds in Chicago. J. J. Crowley, special agent of the Treasury Department at Chicago, has seized $25,000 worth of diamonds which, it is said, were recently smuggled into this country from Europe by a prominent Chicagoan. The jewels are said to have been bought in Paris and worn by the members of the Chicagoan’s family when they arrived in New York. One of the pieces was a $15,000 necklace. The family’s indiscretion in boasting of its achievement resulted in the discovery. Big Blaze in lowa Town. The business portion of Dougherty, lowa, burned Sunday night. The fire originated from spontaneous combustion in the wareroom of Swallow’s drug store. When the fire spread to the hardware store and into the powder, benzine and gasoline the flying embers were thrown all over the town and nothing could be done to prevent the spread of the flames. The total loss reached $44,000, with $28,500 insurance. Kills Girl and Shoots Himself. In St. Louis George Keneile, aged 22 years, shot and killed Bertha Richter, his 16-year-old sweetheart, and with the same revolver put a bullet into his own breast. He is probably fatally wounded. The refusal of the girl to keep a promise to marry Keneile is said to have caused the shooting. Bank at Broken Bow Closed. The Bank of Custer County, at Broken Bow, Neb., closed its doors on an order from Secretary Royse of the State banking board. In its last statement the bank showed resources of $84,624, of which $63,266 were loans and discounts. The deposits subject to check and demand certificates aggregate nearly $60,000. Passenger Train Held Up. A large amount of money was secured by robbers who held up a Cotton Belt passenger train. The robbery was committed by five masked men at Eylau, four miles south of Texarkana. The exact amount of the booty is withheld by the railroad and express officers. Fatally Bitten by Fabian. William A. Pixley, amusement editor of an Omaha paper, was perhaps fatally injured by having his flesh lacerated by a maddened baboon. Mr. Pixley was visiting the dressing tent of a dog and pony show. Accused of Triple Murder. .¶ Fred Hardy, claiming to be a nephew of John Wanamaker, is about to be tried for murder at Unalaska. Hardy is charged with murdering Con and Florence Sullivan and P. J. Rooney on Unimak Island on Aug. 28. Schwab’s Concessions Rejected. After a conference with mediators from tHe CivVc Federation, President Schwab iof ithe isteel combine offered concessions to President Shaffer of the Amalgamated Association to secure settlement of the big strike, but his terms were rejected. Negro Is Shot and Cremated. Bill Fourney, alias Bill Hilliard, a negro charged with assaulting Miss Wilson it Chestnut Grove, Ala., was shot and his body burned by a mob near the scene of his crime. . ——— Columbia to Defend the Cup. The yacht Columbia, champion of 1899. has been chosen to race against the Shnnipock 11. in defense of the America’s cup. Fifty Ho-ses Are Poisoned. Fifty horses belonging to McNab & Smith, draymen, were poisoned in San Francisco. Fully one-half of the animals are dead.

THE MARKETS

Chicago—Cattle, common to prime, $3.00 to $6.00; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to $6.85; sheep, fair to choice, $3.00 to $3.75; wheat, No. 2 red, 69c to 70c; corn, No. 2,53 cto 54c; oats. No. 2,32 c to 33c;' rye, No. 2,51 cto 52c; butter, choice creamery, 18c to 19c: eggs, fresh. 13c to'lsc; potatoes, new, $1.05 to sl.lO per bushel. Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping. $3.00 to $6.00; hogs, cheice light, $4.00 to $6.60; sheep, common to prime, $3.00 to $3.50; wheat, No. 2,67 cto 08c: rorn, Mo. 2 white, 58c to 59c; oats. No. 2 white, new, 36c to 37c. St. Louis—Cattle, $3.25 to $6.25; hogs, $3.00 to $6.40; sheep, $3.00 to $3.50; wheat. No. 2,68 cto 69e: corn. Mo. 2, 54c to 55e; oats, No. 2,35 cto 36c; rye, No. 2,56 cto 57c. Cincinnati —Cattle, $3.00 to $5.50; hogs. $3.00 to $0.75; sheep, $3.00 to $3.23, wheat, No. 2,71 cto 72c; corn, Mo. 2 mixed. 56c to 57c; oats. No, 2 mixed, new, 37c to 38e; rye, No. 2,56 cto 57c. Detroit —Cattle, $2.50 to $5.15: hogs, $3.00 to $0.25; sheep, $2.50 to $3.75; wheat, No. 2, 70;: to 71c; corn. No 2 yellow, 55c to 56c; oats, No. 2 white, 36c to 37c; rye, 53c to 54c. Toledo—Wheat, No. 2 mixed. 70c to 72c; corn, No. 2 mixed, Dsc to 56c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 35c to 36c; rye. No. 2,53 c to 55c; clover seed, - prime, $5.70. Milwaukee —Wheat, Mo. 2 northern 67c to 68c; corn, No. 3,54 cto 55c; oats. No. 2 white, 36c to 37c; rye, No. 1,52 c to 53c; barley, No. 2,59 cto 60c; pork, mess, $14.32. Buffalo —Cattle, choice shipping steers. $3.00 to $3.25; hogs, fair to prime, $3.00 to $6.80; sheep, fair to choice, $3.00 to $3.50; lambs, common to choice, $4.50 to $6.00. New York—Cattle, $3.75 to $5.80; hogs, $3.00 to $6.70; sheep, $2.50 to $3.85; wheat, No. 2 red, 73c to 74c; corn, No. 2, 60c to 61c; oats, No. 2 white, 39c to 40c; butter, creamery, 18c to 20c; eggs, western, 15c to 18c.

TAKES ACID AT DINNER PARTY. Woman Reproved by Husband 'Commits Suicide Before Quests. The climax to a dinner party given by Mr. and Mrs. Albert E. Peters at their home in New York City came the other night, when Mrs. Peters walked to a sideboard, tilled a liquor glass with carbolic acid, and, facing her guests, drained the glass. Her action was brought about by a reproof from her husband before the rest of the party, it is said. After she had drunk the poison and physicians were called, Mrs. Peters, who was only 20 years old, begged the doctors to save her life. Everything possible was done, but she died several hours afterward. NATURAL GAS BLuWS UP CHURCH Men at Work in the Basement Burned in a Horrible Manner. The Christian Church, which was erected in Noblesville. Ind., four years ago at a cost of $20,000, was almost completely wrecked bjf an explosion of natural gas. Plumbers were putting a meter in the basement of the edifice when the gas ignited from a match and the explosion that followed shook the entire city. Doras Granger and Frank Shannahan, who were placing the meter in position, were burned in a horrible manner about the face, hands and arms. Trains Stbpped by Suicide. George A. Kent, the telegraph operator of the West Shore Railway at Palmyra, N. Y., killed himself in the depot. For several hours the train dispatcher at Rochester called Palmyra, but he was unable to get a reply. Train orders piled up thick and fast, and half a dozen trains were held up at different points along the line waiting for the tied-up orders. Hay to Medinte. The State Department makes formal announcement that Secretary Hay has made a tender of the good offices of the United States to the Colombian and Venezuelan governments to bring about a peaceful issue of the misunderstanding between these neighboring republics. - Bin Fire at Jefferson, Wi», The plant, offices and paint shop of the Wisconsin Manufacturing Company burned at. Jeffersoßr'Wis. The loss to the manufacturing company is estimated at $75,000; loss to the Episcopal Church is $5,000. Seventy-five people are out of work as a consequence of the fire. Family Grudue Ends in Murder. Albert Morris of Nowata, I. T., was shot and killed on the street at Coffeyville, Kan., by John Nelson, his brother-in-law, also from Indian Territory. The murder was the result of an old family grudgei A Oman M v 81n : n. The body of Sarah Waldron, 30 years old, was found near the old fort at City Point, Me.’ The woman apparently had been strangled to death and there were indications that the body hud been dragged to the spot where it lay. b School to Aid a Faith. A Christian Science school for the purpose of propagating the tenets of that belief is to be established in St. Louis. The corner stone of the principal building was laid Friday with Christian Science ceremonies., a - *■ Peacemaker >hot Dead. While acting as peacemaker between two mountaineers who had quarreled over dice at Middlesboro, Ky., Dick Young, aged 20, of Stonega, Va., was instantly killed. lie was shot by Sam Loin*. Imprisonment for Bunk Wrecker. James M. Key, wrecker of the Commercial Bunk of Andrew, Ind., pleaded guilty to the charge of forgery and was given an indeterminate sentence of from two to fourteen years. 1

TRAMP TORTURED BY CROWD. Strung Up Twice to Pole and Then Told to Leave the Country. Edward M. Lingell, the tramp who attempted an attack on the 4-year-old daughter of Walter Perry, near Weeping AVater, Neb., was twice strung up to a telegraph pole by irate citizens, made to confess his crime and then turned loose and warned to leave the country at once. On being found by Perry, Lingell was forced at the point of a revolver to return to the former’s home for identification. Before the sheriff could be notified of the capture of Lingell fifty indignant neighbors, headed by Perry, took Lingell to the railroad tracks and strung him up to the cross arms of a telegraph pole, lowering him before he was seriously hurt. He was allowed to pray and send word to his mother, and was hauled up a second time. He was left suspended until almost unconscious, when he wai again lowered. On further examination the crowd determiued that Lingell was not right mentally, and, after making him take an oath to leave the country at once, the man was released without being turned over to the authorities. AERONAUTS’ SHUCKING FALL. Thousand* See a Man and Woman Hurled from Balloon The thousands at the Ohio Exposition at Columbus saw a thrilling sight the other ‘’afternoon, when the captive balloon collapsed while seveuty-five feet in the air, sending the occupants, Miss Lucy Shields of that city and Harry Barker of North Lewisburg, turning over and toward the earth. Women fainted and men blanched as the falling couple descended. They crashed down through a tree and lodged in the heavy branches. Barker, who was not seriously injured, climbed to Miss Shields’ assistance and held her in his arms until help arrived. Miss Shields suffers mainly from shock. _G RL SHOT AND KILLED. Though There Is Evidence of Snicidei Murder Is Charged. Bertha Phillips, aged 18 years, of De Witt, Mo., was shot and killed in an npartment house in Kansas City. George Bitzenberger, with whom she had been TiVing, is under arrest charged with killing her, although there is strong evidence that she committed suicide. Bitzenberger was in the room when the shooting occurred, and he told conflicting stories about the affair. He has a wife at Carrollton, Mo. Bitzenberger is an iron molder. He formerly lived in Carrollton, where Bertha Phillips was employed as a domestic at his house. Illinois May Get Statue. As the result of a disagreement between the donor and the Municipal Art Society of Cincinnati a lil’e-size statue of Abraham Lincoln, intended for that city, is likely to be given to an Illinois town, in which the donor, whose name is kept secret, was born. Owing to a disagreement as to a site for the statue it has lain at the Pennsylvania depot since last December. Fire ot Emporia, Kansa«. Emporia, Ivan., narrowly escaped destruction by fire. As it is, the First Methodist Episcopal Church, Sprague’s planing mills, Randolph’s coal yards and ice plant, and several residences and barns were destroyed. The total loss will foot up over $60,000. The tire, it is alleged, was started by a spark from a switch engine. Many Men in Ohio. The male population of Ohio outnumbers the female, according to a bulletin issued by the census bureau. 1 The percentage is 50.6 per cent of the former and 49.4 of the latter. The native born population of the State comprises 89 per cent of the entire number, with only 11 per cent of foreigners. Explosion causes Fatal Fire. The destruction of the Hotel McKee, a frame structure in the East End, at Pittsburg, resulted in the loss of one life, injuries to four others and the narrow escape of many more. The fire was caused by the explosion of a gasoline stove. President McKinley Speaks. President McKinley delivered a speech of world-wide importance at the Buffalo exposition. Reciprocity was his message to Europe, while he declared this government must build the isthmian canal and that the American merchant marine must be encouraged. Fatally Shot by Rurclnrs. Burglars forced an entrance into the home of Benjamin Dottermnn. a wenlthy farmer living three miles north of Kokomo. Ind. Dotterman was awakened, and a fight ensued, in which Dotterman was shot and mortally wounded. Jealouoy Lends to Shooting. At Walpole, Mass., two men were shot aud seriously wounded us the outcome of n quarrel between Fred L. Jenks, machinist, and Myra Belle Spear, a young woman with whom he hud been keeping company. Fire I 'ama res a Coal Dock. Fire caused in the neighborhood of SOO,000 damage to the dock of the Lehigh Coal and Coke Compuny at West Superior, AA’is. The loading apparatus aud several box cars burned. Kitted in n Tnnnel. E. C. Duchesny, 47 years of age, assistant general superintendent of ,-.e Pacific division of the Canadian Pacific Railway, was killed by a falling rock at tunnel No. 11. Grain Elevator Burned. Fire destroyed the Mount V’ernon, Mo., elevator, causing a loss of $50,000. The elevator was filled with grain, all of which was destroyed. To Fell the Island*. The new Dutch ministry has decldod to accept the United States’ offer of 18, 000,000 kroner for the Danish West ladies.

SPEAKS AT THE FAIR

M’KINLEY IS PROUD OF OUR NEW GLORIES, President’* Day at the Buffalo Exposition the Occasion of His speech—He Draws Attention to Onr Wonderful Progress in Commerce. Y* President’s Day at the Buffalo exposition brought out crowds who. took the opportunity to see the nation’s chief. AVhat xbus probably the greatest crowd that ever assembled on the Esplanade at the Pan-American grounds greeted the President with cheers as he entered the stand erected there. The Esplanade was crowded to suffocation and the vast assemblage overflowed to the court of fountains. President McKinley’s address was the great feature of the day and its telling points were welcomed with repeated applause. After the formal exercises the Presidential party made the tour of the grounds under the escort of the exposition officers. Speech by the President. President Milburn, Director General Buchanan, commissioners, ladles and gentlemen: I am glad to be again in the city of Buffalo and exchange greetings with her people, to whose hospitality X am not a stranger, and with whose good will 1 have been repeatedly and signally honored. Xo-day I have additional satisfaction In meeting and giving welcome to the foreign representatives assembled here, whose presence and participation in this exposition have contributed in so marked a degree to its interests and success. To the commissioners of the Dominion of Canada and the British colonies, the French colonies, the Republic of Mexico and of Central and South America and the commissioners of Cuba and I’orto Rico, who share with us in this undertaking, we give the hand of fellowship aud felicitate with them upon the triumphs of art, science, education and manufacture which the older lias bequeathed to the hew country. Expositions are the timekeepers of progress. They record the world’s advancement. They stimulate the energy, enterprise aud intellect of the people and quicken human genius. They go into the home. They broaden and brighten the daily life of the people. They open mighty storehouses of information to the student. Every exposition, great or small, has helped to some onward step. Comparison of ideas is always educational; and as such instructs the brain and band of man. Friendly rivalry follows, which is the spur of industrial Improvement, the Inspiration to useful invention and to high endeavor in all departments of human activity. It exacts a study of the wants, comforts and even the whims of the people and recognizes the efficacy of high quality and low prices to win tlieir favor. The quest for trade la nn incentive to men of business to devise, invent, improve and economize in the cost of production. Business life, whether among ourselves or with other peoples, is ever a sharp struggle for success. It will be none the less so in the future. My fellow citizens, trade statistics Indicate that this country is in a state of unexampled prosperity. The figures are almost appalling. They show that we are utilizing our fields, forests and mines, that we are furnishing profitable employment to the mil-, lions of working men throughout the United States, bringing comfort and happiness to their homes and making it possible to lay by savings for old age and disability. That all the people are participating in this great prosperity is seen in every American community and shown by the enormous aud unprecedented deposits In our suvmgs banks. Our duty In the care and security of these deposits aud their safe Investment demands the highest integrity and the best business sagacity of those In charge of these depositories of the people’s By sensible trade arrangements which will not interrupt our home production we shall extend the outlets for our increasing surplus. A system which provides a mutual exchange of commodities is manifestly essential to the continued and healthful growth of our export trade. We must not repose in fancied security that we can forever sell everything and buy little or nothing. If such a thing were possible it would not be best for us or for those with whom we deal. We sho-uld take from our customers such of their products as we can use without harm to our industries and labor. Iteciproclty Is the natural outgrowth of our wonderful industrial development under the domestic policy, now firmly established. If perchance some of our tariffs nre no longer needed for revenue or to encourage and protect our industries at home, why should they not be employed to extend aud promote our markets abroad? Then, too, we have iuadequate steamship service. New lines of steamers have already been put In commission between the Pacific const ports of the United States and those on the western coasts of Mexico and Central and South America. These should be followed up with direct steamship lines between the eastern coast of the United States and South American ports. »One of the needs of the times Is direct comiiwecial lines from our vast fields of production to the fields of consumption that we have but barely touched. Next in advantage to having the thing to. sell is to have the conveyance to carry it to the buyer. We must encourage our merchant marine. We must have more ships. They must be under ihe American flag, built aud manned and owned by Americans. These will not only be profitable in a commercial sense, they will be messengers of peace and amity wherever they g°. Must Build Caaai. We must build the Isthmian canal, which will unite the two oceans and give a straight line of water communication with the western coasts of Central aud South America aud Mexico. The construction of a X’uciflc cable cannot be longer postponed. In the furtherance of these objects of national interest and concern you are performing an Important purt. This exposition would have touched the heart of that American statesman whose mind was ever alert aud thought ever constant for n larger commerce nnd a tiher fraternity of the republics of the, new world. Ills broad American spirit Is felt and manifested bere. He needs no identification to nn assemblage of Americans anywhere, for the nurne of Blaine is inseparably associated with the l’an-Aineriean movement which finds here practical and substantia! expression, aud which we all hope will be firmly advanced by the PanAmerican Congress that assembles this autumn In the capital of Mexico. The good work will go on. It cannot be stopped. These buildings will disappear; this creation of art nnd beauty and Industry will perish from sight, but their influence will remnlnto • Make It live beyond Its short living. With praises nnd thanksgiving." Who cun tell the new thoughts that will be wrought through this exposition? Gentlemen, let us ever remember thut our interest is In concord, not conflict, and that our real eminence rests In the victories of peace, not those of war. We hope that all who are represented here muy be moved to higher and nobler efforts for their own and the world’s good, ami Chut out of this city may come, not only great commerce nnd trade for us all, but more essential than those, relations of mutual respect, confidence and friendship, which will deepen and endure. Our earnest prayer is that God will graciously vouchsafe prosperity, happiness and fieuce to all our neighbors, nnd like bleasngs to all the people nnd powers of earth. At McKinley, a little town twenty miles east of Guthrie, Okla., Thomas Lipscomb nnd AVillihin Martin, negro renters on the same farm, quarreled over Martin’s horse eating the tops of Lipscomb’s corn, nnd Lipscomb shot Martin three times with a 44-eaHber revolver, producing fatal wound*. Colombia is in need of money to help suppress the rebellion now led by Gen. Uribe-Uribu. Plow manufseturers will increase price* about 10 per cent.

MRS. M’KINLEY IS BRAVE The President’s Wife Bears Up Courageously Under the Shack. When it became necessary that Mrs. McKinley should be informed of what had overtaken her illustrious husband she surprised all about her by bearing up bravely under the shock. Dr., Rixey carried the news to her, and her first request was that Mr. McKinley should be ■'brought to her at once if it were at all possible. Director General Buchanan had arranged so that no news of the shooting should ’ penetrate the Milburn residence. He had shut off the telephonic aud telegraphic communication with the mansion, and secret police halted every one going toward the house. , It was realized, though, that Mrs. McKinley must be told before long, and Mr. Buchanan was selected for the task. Dr. Rixey went to the house and broke the news to the Misses Duncan and Barber. He waited a time for Mr. Buchanan to arrive, and then, his' presence in the house having already roused some slight suspicion that everything was not quite right, he made bold to inform Mrs. McKinley. The President's wife caught at the physician’s first words, nnd she divined that Mr. McKinley had been injured in some accident. But Dr. Rixey did not yield temptation there may have been for him to temper the blow by permitting her to think she had guessed aright. He held bravely to his task and told the whole story. Mrs. McKinley bore up surprisingly well. She was allowed to see the President for a few minutes and then went to her room. No fears for her life are entertained, but the doctors are on guard. PASSES RESTFUL NIGHT. No Alarming Conditions Present Up Until Noon Saturday. Saturday morning President McKinley maintained a good measure of his strength and those who watched at hi§ bedside held higher hope for his ultimato recovery. The shock from the wounds inflicted upon him by Leon Czolgosz seemed to have been less than was anticipated, and that was regarded as highly favorable to him. It was admitted, however, that the crisis in his condition had not yet come. Bulletins that came from the chamber of the wounded President during the night and early hours of the morning all indicated a spirit of hopefulness. ' The President rested well, there were no alarming conditions of temperature or pulse and the spirits of the sufferer were strong and cheery. The feeling of hope was.quite general about the Milburn residence, to which the President had been removed from the hospital, In sharp contrast to the hopelessness and regret that prevailed early the previous night. CABINET HEARS THE NEWS. Member* of the President’9 Officiul Family Express Kecret. Members of President McKinley’s cabinet heard of the attempt to assassinate the chief executive with expressions of deepest grief. The shock of the new* nearly prostrated two of them, it was so unexpected. Immediately upon hearing of the shooting Postmaster General Smith and Secretaries Root and Hitchcock started for Buffalo, nnd the others arranged to go to the bedside of the President as soon as possible. News of the attempted assassination of the President came as a thunderbolt upon the officials at tho White House. Upon its receipt

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over the telephone from the newspaper olHces, Col. Montgomery, who is in charge of the telegraph service at the executive mansion, lost no time in securing a through wire to the hospital in which the President lay. PUNISHMENT LOW ASSAILANT. Only General Stutut--* Cover Attempt to Take President’s Life. There is no law outside of general criminal statutes for the punishment of attempting the life of the President of the United States. The question of passing such a law has been discussed in Congress, but nothing has been done. The President is a citizen of the United States, and his murder or an attempt on his life is punished as would be the murder of any other citizen. Should this assault upon President McKinley prove to be a murder, the murderer would be executed either by the laws of New York or the Federal statutes for the District of Columbia. But should the President recover the charge brought against his assailant would be assault with attempt to commit murder. In New York, where this would-be assassin must be tried, the severest penalty for assault with attempt to commit murder is ten years' imprisonment, while in the District of Columbita the penulty for the same crime is imprisonment for from seven to twenty years. PHYSICIANS' - BULLETIN. The President's physicians Issued the following bulletin at 9 a. m. Saturday: "The President passed a fairly comfortable night and no serious symptoms have developed. Poise 140. temperature 102, .’expiration 24. "P. M. lUXKY, "M. D. MANN. "ROSWELL PARKE. “HERMAN MYNTER. "EUGENE WASDIN, Comment by the Papers. Editors of newspapers In every part of the country Join In denunciation of President McKinley’s a*«allant. The press of all parties ia united in pointing out the good qualities of the President and in expressing the wishes of the people for his speedy recovery.